Building a copper Cable

Straight - Through Cable (Patch Calbe)

Contains the exact same pinout on both ends of the cable.

Data Terminal Equpiment - Endpointnt device that connect tos a DCE

DCE is a communicaiton device.

DCE TO DCE or dce to dce needs a crossover cable.

Crossover cable switches the input and the output.

Switch to a swithch requires a crossover cable.

For the exam assume the switch does not use MDIX, there are two switches that do not work then you need a crussover cable.